Sawing machine



Sept 18,1923; L468J04 B. F. FIPPINS SAWING MACHINE Filed Jan. 16. 1922 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 //V (/5 N OR.

Se t. 18 1923. 11,468,104

, B. F, FIPPINS SAWI'NG MACHINE Filed Jan. l6. 1922 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 B. F. FIPPINS SAWING MACHINE Sept. 18 1923. 1,468,1(ML

Filed Jan. 16. 1922 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 Patented Sept. 18, 1923.

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IBEI Q'JAMIN F. FIPPINS, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFGENIA, ASSIGNOE OF ONE-HALF T0 THOMAS L. BOCCI, OF CGLMA, CALIFORNIA.

SAWING MACHINE.

Application filed January 16, 1922.

7 Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. FIrrINs, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Sawing Machine, of which the following is a specification. 7

My invention relates to improvements in power operated saws for cutting granite and other highly resist-ant materials, the primary object being to provide an improved saw arranged to be reciprocated under pressure against material to be sawed to obtain a maximum cutting effect with a minimum consumption of power,

Another object is to provide improved 7 means for feeding the saw to automatically maintain the saw in engagement with the material to be sawed and to create the desired pressure thereagainst to minimize the attention required during a sawing operation.

A still further object is to provide an improved construction and arrangement of parts adapted to facilitate the position ng and adjustment of the saw relative to the carriage and to the work, and to prevent displacement of the saw while in operation. I accomplish these and otherob ects by means of the device disclosed in the drawings forming a part of the present specification wherein like characters of reference are used to designate similarparts throughout said j specification and drawings and in which:

Fig. 1 is a broken side elevatio'n partly in section of my improved saw.

Fig. 2 is a broken plan View, parts being broken away and shown in section.

V Fig. 3 isa transverse section.

Fig. 4 is a section taken upon the line of Fig.2 in the direction indicated.

7 Referring to the drawings thenumeral 1 is used, to designate in general a carriage slidably mounted upona supporting frame by means of runners 3 engaging guides 4.

' The carriage 1 is preferablv arranged to be" reciprocated in. a horizontal plane by means Serial No. 529,739.

of aconnecting rod 6 suitably connected between one end of the carriage and a source of power, not shown.

A saw 7 having a cutting edge 8 at the bottom thereof is secured in vertical position upon the carriage, the upper portion of the saw belng received within a slot formed in a I longitudinally disposed saw engaging member 9 having apertures 11 therethrough to receivepins 12 engaging said apertures and 7 corresponding apertures 13 formed in the saw 7. The apertures 13 are formed in a plurality of vertically spaced pairs whereby the saw may be adjusted vertically relative to the sawengaging member 9 by moving any desired pair of apertures 13 to a posi tion matching with the apertures 11.

The saw engaging member 9 is slidablv mounted upon threaded transverse members 14. the ends of which are engaged by followers 16 threaded upon vertically disposed threaded shafts 17 rotatably mounted upon the carriage 1. Nuts 18 are threaded upon the transverse members 14 to engage the sides of the member 9 whereby said member maybe adjusted laterally with respect to the carriage, the nuts upon one side of the member 8 being moved to a desired position and the nuts upon the other side being subsequently moved to secure the member 9 against the first mentioned nuts. 7

The lower portion of the saw 7 is engaged by'a member 19 slidab'ly mounted upon transverse threaded members 21 secured between the sideeof the carriage 1 and provided with nuts 22 to engage the sides of the member 19 to permit adjustment thereof to conform to the adjustment of the upper saw engaging member 9 and maintain the saw in a vertical plane parallel with the sides of the carriage.

The upper transverse members 14 connected between followers 16 upon the threaded shafts 17 upon opposite sides of moved simultaneously by means of an endless chain 23 engaging sprockets 24 secured upon the lower portions of the shafts where by a rotation of one shaft will cause a similar movement of the other shafts. In this manner. the transverse members 14, and consequently the saw engaging member 9 and the saw 7 ma; be moved vertically relative i to the frame by a rotation ofthe shafts 17 ,lower saw receiving member 19;

causing the followers 16 to be advancedor receded along'said shafts, the lower portion of the saw beingslidably engaged by the Braces26 are shaped'to have their ends secured upon the carriage 1 and to engage the upper ends of the shafts 17 tohold said shafts in vertical position. 'l he upper ends of the shafts are provided with squared ends 25 whereby the shafts may be turned at the ends thereof.

alignment a ratchet 34- secured uponoue of the shafts 17 in suchv nannerthan when the carr age is reciprocated the ratchet will -.be engaged and shaft partially rotated thereby when the carriage is moved to its extreme position during each reciprocation.

The operation of my improved saw is as follows: A blockof granite 35 or other material to be sawed is positioned uponany suitable support 36 beneath the ls'saw l'l', the

saw and the block being adjusted to cause the cutting edge 8 of the saw to engage the granule along the line defining the desired out. i In' beginning work, the followers 16 are moved .to occupy positions well upon the shafts 1:7, and the saw ad usted vertically to bring thecutting edge 8 to approximately the desired height by removing the pins 12 and reinserting when the desired :pair of apertures 13 have been caused to match with the aperture ll of the member 9. The shaft '17 may now be rotated manually either by a wrench applied to the squared end 25 of onset the shafts, or'by a manual movement of the-chain 23 to move the followers downwardly to bring the cut ting edge 8 of the saw into contact with the surface of the block to be out,

Power is now applied through the connecting rod 6 to reciprocate the carriage, the

saw being thus moved back and forth across the surfaceof thema-ter-ial to be sawed thereby causing the portion directly under the cutting edge of the saw to lee-cut away.

At each reciprocation of the carriage. the

ratchet 34 is moved into contact with the pawl 82 at the momentthe carriage is approaching the end of the stroke anci a pan ti-al rotation of said ratchet and the shafts 17 will fthereby be. -caused,- said rotation of the shafts operatin to move. the followers 16 downwardly and thus feed the saw into the cut made by the cutting-edge. The

amount of the rotationimaylbe":i ried to: V 1 V suit the requirements of'materia'ls of 'dif-. ferent character and degree of hardness by adjusting the pawl 32'to engage'the ratchet 3st during a greater or lesser portion'of'the movement of} the carriage as desired.v

As the material for which my improved saw is part cularly designed'is of alhighly resistent character, it is necessrr that rel atively great pressure be applied upon thel saw in order that the materialfmay be more quickly and effectively out," by the saw.

The automatic feeding of the saw bynieans of the followers may be adpisted to cause such pressure to be applied but as the pres- .sure thus caused will have a tendency to lift the carriage and the saw, I have provided, the rollers 27 engaging thetop. of

the carriage.

against the material being sawed and by forming a rolling contact with the carriage permit the carriage and the saw to be reciprocated with a minimum of wasterenergy used in overcoming friction 7 against the carriage mounting; the energy thQus saved permitting the pressure upon the saw to be correspondingly increased. 7 e v V The" saw is preferably made from heavy sheet metal to withstand the heavy duty imppsed upon it. A ,clevis '37 is mounted v The rollers receive the up ward thrust due to'the pressure of the saw upon the top of the saw by which the saw may be moved in making; adjustment.

(lhilled shot and water are continuously ap plied below thecutting edge such shot being held within theserrations forined'upon the-edge of thesaw to increase the cutting 7 effect thereof, as inthe present state of the art, nospecific meansof feeding said shot and water being shown in the drawings.

By moving theYsaw Z to the extreme position of lateral adjustment it isQpossilole to its mount a similar jaw parallel thereto and r thus accomplish the making of two outs simultaneously if desired.

HAS bestshownin Fig., 1iof the drawings,

the saw is maintained with its cutting edge in a horizontalpplane at all timesthus making a cut of: uniform depth throughout. This is important as it permits. small-blocks of regular shape to be cut from larger blocks without unnecessary waste mate' rial-such as occasioned by allowing for a difference in depth.

From the above description, it is seen that I have provided a machine adapted efficiently' perform the' heavy duty req d in cutting granite andsimilar mate als.

'By providing fortheV-automaticfeeding of the'saw, aminimum ofatten tion is required as after the saw is set and sawing begun the operator is 'freeto. attend to OthGZ'ffllF.

ties during-theperiod of timetreq'uired for making the cut, which inthe case of gran fters Patent is:

- r. A saw for cutting granite and the like comprising a, carriage; a plurality of threaded shafts rotatably mounted upon the carriage and extending laterally therefrom; a

shafts; a saw adjustably secured upon said engaging element; means for adjusting the saw engaging element and the saw laterally with respect to the carriage; means for reciprocating the carriage; and meansactuated at each reciprocation of the carriage for partially rotating the shaft whereby the saw is advanced a predetermined amount at saw engaging element threaded upon said" each reciprocation to automatically mainsaid pairs of shafts; and a saw engaging tain engagement with the material to be sawed. V

2. In a saw for cutting granite and the like, the combination with a reciprocating carriage, of a plurality of threaded shafts rotatably mounted in pairs upon the carriage; transverse members threaded upon element adj ustably mounted pon said transmove the transverse members and the saw -relatively to ,aid shafts.

4a In a saw for cutting granite and the like, the combination with a reciprocating carriage, of a plurality of threaded shafts rotatably mounted in pairs upon the can riage; transverse members threaded upon said pairs of shafts; a saw engaging element adjustably 'mounted upon said transverse members to receive a saw; an endless chain engaging said sprockets whereby a rotation of one shaft will operate to rotate the other shafts a similar amount; and a pawl and ratchet mounted in connection with one of the shafts to partially turn said shafts at each reciprocation of the carriage.

5. In a saw for cutting granite and the like, the combination with a reciprocating carriage, of a plurality of threaded shafts rotatably mounted in pairs upon the carriage; transverse members extending between each pair of shafts, and engaging the threads thereon; a saw engaging element adjustably mounted between the transverse members; sprockets secured upon the shafts; an endless chain mounted about said sprockets whereby a rotation of one shaft will impart a similar rotation of the remaining shafts; a ratchet mounted upon one of the shafts; and an adjustable pawl mounted adjacent the ratchet to engage the same to automatically turn the shafts a predetermined amount at each reciprocation of the carriage.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my signature.

BENJAMIN F. FIPPINS. 

